Improved washing-machine



JOHN A. HALL, 0F NEWBURG, CANADA.

Letters Patent No. 101,727, dated Apr/il 12, 1870.

IMPROVED WASHING-MACHINE.

The Schedu1e referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thesame To all who-m it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN A. HALL, of Newburg, in the county of Lenox and Province of Ontario, Dominion ofCanada, have invented an Improved Washing-Machine, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being hadtothe accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, inwhich-f- Figure l represents a sectional elevation of my im provedwashing-machine; and

Figure 2, a plan view of the bottom of the tub.

The object of my invention is to produce a washingmachine which shalloperate upon the clothes by pressnre, without friction, and hencewithout wearing or injuring them, as in other machines of this class.

In carrying out my invention, I construct a tlb, A, of the usualcircular form, with a bottom, B, w ich is Aprovided with a series ofconcentric grooves, as represented in iig. 2.

Gis a press-block, having an oval or rounded face, n, or one describingthe arc of a circle when taken in cross-section through any part. It isgroovcd in the same manner as the bottom of the tub, beveled around itssides from the face inward, and provided with a vertical handle, I).

To operate the device, the block C is first removed and the clothes tobe washed placed in the tub, together with a suitable quantity of hotwater. The block is then replaced and the handle D rotated about itsvertical axis, which has the effect to cause the block to always pressupon the clothes on that side to which the handle is inclined.

I thus provide a simple, compact, and eiicient machine at minimum cost.

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-.

The improved washing-machine consist-ing of the press-block C, havingthe handle I) and an oval or rounded face, a, provided with concentricgrooves, and the tub A, with its bottom B provided with similar grooves,as shown and described.

JOHN A. HALL.

Witnesses:

JACOB GLANCY, WM. Gf.v CLANCY.

